广播电视英语短句 第 267 课：亚洲之旅- 5

That involves preventing industrial gases from escaping into the atmosphere where they can trap heat. 这涉及到防止工业气体排放到大气中，这些气体会在大气中吸收热量。

Also this week, environment ministers from about forty countries met in Copenhagen. 也是在本周，约有四十国的环境部长在哥本哈根开会。

They discussed issues related to a climate change conference that opens December seventh in the Danish capital. 会议于 11 月 17 日在民丹麦首都召开，部长们讨论气候变化相关的议题。

APEC leaders said Sunday that it is unrealistic to expect a full and legally enforceable agreement to be negotiated by then. APEC 领导人认为到 2012 年为止，要讨论出一个全面的、合乎法律的可执行的协议是不现时的。

Instead, they called for a temporary political agreement while continuing to negotiate a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol. 相反，他们呼吁，在讨论一个东京协定的后续协议的同时可以先出台一个临时的政治合约。

That treaty ends in two thousand twelve. 东京协定在 2012 年后就失效了。